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https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/515816| Title: | Backs-tool to discriminate work-related chronic back pain among employees |
| Authors: | Tam Jenn Zhueng (P57094) |
| Supervisor: | Noor Hassim Ismail, Prof. Dr. |
| Keywords: | Chronic back pain Employees Public health |
| Issue Date: | 4-Mar-2014 |
| Description: | Work- relatedness decision of disabling chronic back pain interestingly is a collective assessment between ergonomists and occupational physicians which involved variable standards and measurement rendering subjective outcomes that should be based on local population and standards. Therefore, a questionnaire based tool is designed and subjected to four phases of reliability and validity tests in determining work- relatedness. Phase I of the study involved a systemic review that was performed in 2011 to identify variables and constructs that had strong scientific evidence that could be chosen into the questionnaire. Next, a qualitative study among experts and workers with chronic back pain was conducted in Phase II during questionnaire translation phase. Then, a pre- test study or Phase III was performed to examine its potential in achieving its objectives in 2012 for 6 months to develop a regression relationship based on SOCSO Medical Board decision outcomes. In Phase III, Likert scores with high physical demand, low psychological demand, colleagues who complain of similar back pain, job task involved in twisting for more than 20o, young employees and employees that reported high Pain Visual Analog Scores were associated with occupational back pain. The criterion validity reported sensitivity of 90.9% and specificity of 95.5%. Reliability and validity of the BACKS Tool was tested in Phase IV whereby a sensitivity of 62.7%, specificity of 94.5%, positive- predictive value (PPV) of 92.9%, negative- predictive value (NPV) of 69.0% and positive likelihood ratio (+LR) of 11.4 according to the standards of the Medical Board of SOCSO was reported. The degree of agreement between BACKS Tool with SOCSO Medical Board was high. In conclusion, BACKS Tool served as a complementary occupational back pain assessment along with qualitative studies such as workplace visits or assessments that would provide quick, objective and structured assessment for occupational physicians at the clinical setting as the industrial world enters into the uncertain global recession.,PhD |
| Pages: | 237 |
| Call Number: | tesis WA20.5.T153b 2014 9HUKM |
| Publisher: | UKM, Kuala Lumpur |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine / Fakulti Perubatan |
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